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  1. nicksaviking
    We will be on the same page this offseason in this regard. Henderson is my pick too. Like Gibbs and Kamara before him, there will be questions about his workload because he shared carries in college. Great, let that push him down the draft boards. That's just going to leave more tread on his tires at the NFL level.
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    No slander, he was a great short yardage bruiser, but definitely not a three down back, particularly not in today's game. Also, he had one of the games best quotes of all time: "Coach, if you need one yard, I'll get you three yards. If you need five yards, I'll get you three yards."
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    Yeah, Kwesi nailed free agency. But he can't draft. Does the same guy absolutely have to be in charge of both of those things? I mean I know how the job has always worked, but can't the Vikings do something different? Because I'm happy keeping Kwesi if he keeps doing the thing he is good at if someone else can do the thing he isn't good at.
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    I don't want Leroy Hoard though. He's so slow. I want someone who's fast enough to break long runs with or without getting contacted. I want a nasty OL, the RB can be nasty, but that's not the priority for me. He needs to be shifty with a burst.
  5. nicksaviking
    Yes, they were very good at running in situations where the other team doesn't know if it's a run or a pass. When it's a short yardage situation, they absolutely cannot run the ball.
  6. nicksaviking
    Hurts taking a page out of Darnold's play book.
  7. nicksaviking
    I don't know. Trying for six years with the same center seemed long enough.
  8. nicksaviking
    So jealous of teams that can run it up the middle on 4th and short.......
  9. nicksaviking
    The Rams are one of those teams that don't have to be the best team on the field to win games though. I think it could be one of those games where Philly seems to be dominating, but then you look up in the 4th quarter and realize it's a one score game somehow.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yeah, hard to do a two year plan when you have three consecutive years of drafts that have yet to show results.
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    Dan Campbell. Seems to me that usually the guys who came up coaching the OL or TE, want the old school ground and pound system. Obviously Campbell is something else.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, might not be damaging so much as delaying. Should the Twins get owners intent on winning (I'm still not convinced that's a given) I want to hit the ground running with the NEW game plan in 2026. I'd rather it not be 'first we have to do this, then switch this, than do a bit of that. OK, NOW we can give it a go'. So I'd rather meddle as little as possible with what is currently on the table and avoid acquiring future assets which may or may not even be wanted. Which I know makes for an unexciting 2025 off season.
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    I just don't have interest in more prospects, particularly if ownership and therefore the front office, may not be here this time next year. New people = new perspective. I'd like to keep the slate as clean as possible. Maybe the FO will stay the same, but it's not a given. I'd trade Castro along with OUR prospects to upgrade the team in some way for this year, but I'd value one more year of Castro more than little-known mid-rotation relievers. I know we can see their numbers from last year, but overall, these guys bust just as often as what's on the waiver wire.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, and the first is a valid tactic. Of course as you mention, the disasterous downside to that tactic is when the LOOGY fails to get the lefty out and the opposing manager drools at his opportunity to load up two righties to tee off on the junk-baller and turn it into a big inning.
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    Sorry, but I'm not trading him just to target a relief lefty, unless it's a proven commodity. Hudson is 27 and threw 9 MLB innings prior to last year. Maybe he's a breakout, but I think it's just as likely, if not more likely, that he's a flash in the pan. Looks like his fastball only goes 90-91 MPH and he was also DFA'd by the Dodgers this time last year. The Dodgers aren't perfect, but they're pretty close; if they didn't believe in him, I'm not sure I'd want to. Saucido threw only 38 innings in 53 games last year. I didn't know that kind of ratio was still possible in today's game. He's a total LOOGY and I don't want LOOGYs anymore; you have to be able to get batters from both sides of the plate out in today's game.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah, with the Rams, McVey was famously calling Goffs plays for him up until the mic would cut out with 15 seconds on the play clock. They'd get to the LOS early so McVey could coach him. Certainly Goff has learned a lot and gotten better since then, but I'm not sure he has the instincts of the top end QBs in the league.
  17. nicksaviking
    I am NOT going to plant a stake at this time, but I agree that the QB situation was worse than it appeared on the field.
  18. nicksaviking
    Looking at their schedule, I'm pretty sure I've watched every Lions game since week 13. I'm making no declarations about O'Connell with this statement, but the Lions brought 10x more intensity to the Vikings game than any of those other matchups. They absolutely played like Week 18 was their Super Bowl.
  19. nicksaviking
    If both coordinators go, it will be interesting to see if Dan Campbell's knee-jerk instincts get even less reigned in. Anyone he hires to replace the coordinators are now certainly going to be enablers only catering to their coaches well known impulses.
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    Hey, maybe with the Lions now taking the mantle of NFC North chokers, the Vikings can loosen up and go on a championship run? Only kidding a little, because the choke stigma is clearly a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  21. nicksaviking
    Allen, Jackson, Mahomes, Stafford, Daniels and Hurts are the QBs left in the playoffs. I'd swap out Burrow for Hurts, but otherwise you might have the list of the best QBs in the league, and I don't think that's a coincidence. You can't have one of the average QBs or even one of the good QBs, you have to keep trying until you have one of the elite QBs.
  22. nicksaviking
    A good time? Just kidding. We do board games too.
  23. nicksaviking
    Not so fast. We don't know where Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson will end up next year.
  24. nicksaviking
    This is worse than the Vikings loss to the Rams. And I'm pretty confident this would have also been the Vikings fate had they scored that #1 seed.
  25. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Brady hasn't stopped talking about it. I'd honestly say this might be an issue.
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